EAVE January News 2025

• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW triumphs at the Golden Globes and at the Lumières Awards
  Awards January 2025
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW nominated for the Oscars
  Nominations January 2025
• EAVE project QUIET LIFE in French cinemas
  In Cinemas January 2025
• EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM selected for Sundance and IFFR
  Festivals January 2025
• LA BALEINE is in production now
  Production News January 2025
• DRONELAND receives support
  In Development January 2025
• MEET EAVE IN FEBRUARY!
  Meet our team at workshops and festivals!
• 39 Oscar nominations for 10 films by EAVE Producers
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• EAVE @WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2025
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• Film Independent, WEMW and EAVE announce the first Global Media Makers Residency in Europe for Ukrainian Filmmakers
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• EAVE+ 2025: Apply now to the workshop on sustainable and innovative business strategies!
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• EAVE 2024 HIGHLIGHTS
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EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW triumphs at the Golden Globes and at the Lumières Awards

Golden Globes

8 awards for EAVE graduates at the Golden Globes:

• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won Best Motion Picture – Musical, Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, Best Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldaña), Best Song
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi was awarded Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Adrien Brody)
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won Best Motion Picture – Animated

https://goldenglobes.com

 

 

Swedish Guldbagge Awards

• CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze won Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Design
• HYPNOSIS by Ernst De Geer, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Elise Fernanda Pirir won Best Actor, Best Actor in a supporting role, Best Screenplay
• THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Elina Litvinova, EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos won Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, Best Visual Effects and Best Production Design

www.guldbaggen.se

 

 

French Lumières Awards

• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Karla Sofía Gascón), Best Music
• DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy won Best Documentary
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won Best Animated Film

https://academiedeslumieres.com

 

Gaudi Awards

• THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producer: EAVE graduate Adriana Dot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Eugenia Mumenthaler won Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, Best Editing
• SALVE MARIA by Mar Coll, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora won Best Adapted Screenplay, Best New Performance

https://academiadelcinema.cat/ca/

 

 

Les Arcs European Film Festival

• PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger won the Audience Award
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Universciné Award for the Hauteur section

https://lesarcs-filmfest.com/fr

 

 

Trieste Film Festival

• TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Alpe Adria Cinema Award to the Best Documentary in Competition and an Audience Award for Best Documentary
• THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc won Best Live Action Short Film
• LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julia Berkes, Ferenc Pusztai, Viktoria Petranyi, Patricia d’Intino won the Cineuropa Prize and received a Special Mention
• THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA by Nanna Frank Møller & Zlatko Pranjic, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller won the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa Prize for Best Documentary in Competition
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart won the SNCEE Italian Critics’ Prize for Best Film
• CHARLOTTE, ONE OF US by Rolando Colla, producer: EAVE graduate Claudio Giapponesi received a Special Mention

www.triestefilmfestival.it

 

When East Meets West

• The EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 Scholarship went to: Jelena Radenkovic, Big Time Production, Serbia
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project TALES OF FRUITS AND MONSTERS by Gregor Božič, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi won the Film Center Serbia Development Award and the Pop Up Film Residency Award
• KLÁRA IS HERE by Dávid Csicskár, producer: EAVE graduate Balazs Zachar won the Ciclic WEMW Award
• BERLINER directed and produced by CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, producers: Heino Deckert, EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld won the Taskovski # DocsConnect Award
• BETTER THAN GOLD by Leen Michiels, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D'Hollander won the DAE Talent Development Award
• RUNNING WITH BEASTS by Leila Basma, producer: PUENTES graduate Natalia Pavlove  won the Marché du Film Producers Network Award
• ELECTING MISS SANTA by Raisa Razmerita, producer: EAVE graduates Ion Gnatiuc, Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu won the Film Center Montenegro Award
• EAVE project DOLCE FAR NIENTE by Elena Kairyté, producers: EAVE graduates Claudio Giaponese and Rūta Jekentaitė won the  Italy-Baltic Co-development Award of € 13.000
• THE ART OF BITING YOUR TONGUE by Ieva Norvele, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Latvia Aija Berzina won the Italy-Baltic Co-development Award of € 7.000
• ON THEIR OWN by Tudor Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Michele Fornasero, Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu won the Laser Film Postproduction Award
• AMORES by Grace Passo, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis won the TRT Prize
• KURKUMA by Drishya Gautham, producer: EAVE graduate Mathivanan Rajendran won the HAVC & MIDPOINT Development Award

www.wemw.it

 

 

Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken

• BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch won Best Director and Best Script
• TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber won Best Documentary and Best Music in a documentary

https://ffmop.de

 

 

Tromsø International Film Festival

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier won the Aurora Award for Best Film.

https://www.tiff.no/en

 

 

Premier Plans Film Festival Angers

• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won the Grand Jury Prize
• INTERCEPTED by Oksana Karpovych, co-producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel won the Audience Award
• ON FALLING by Laura Carreira, executive producer: EAVE graduate Luis Campos won the Bouvet Ladubay Prize for Best Actress
• PUENTES project THE EXILES (LOS TORTUGA) by Belen Funes, producers: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran, EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo, co-producer: PUENTES, MW and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi won the Activités sociales de l’Énergie Award
• I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falileieva, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won the Grand Jury Prize in the European Short Films section

www.premiersplans.org

 

 

Ramdan Festival Tournai

• RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri was awarded the Most Disturbing Fiction Award at the Ramdan Festival Tournai.

www.ramdamfestival.be

 

 

Palm Springs International Film Festival

• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won the Vanguard Award
• CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won the Ensemble Performance Award
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won the Desert Palm Achievement Award (Actor)
• MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Desert Palm Achievement Award (Actress)

www.psfilmfest.org

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EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW nominated for the Oscars

American Academy Awards – the Oscars

In total 39 nominations for 10 films by EAVE producers:

• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis is nominated twelve times for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best International Feature, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, Best Original Score and Best Original Song
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi is nominated ten times for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
• CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa is nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score
• THE APPRENTICE by Ali Abbasi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ditte Milsted, Ruth Treacy is nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza is nominated for Best International Feature and for Best Animated Feature
• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski is nominated for Best International Feature
• SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve is nominated for Best Documentary
• MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach is nominated for Best Cinematography
• THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc is nominated for Best Live Action Short Film
• WANDER TO WONDER by Nina Gantz, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart is nominated for Best Animated Short

 The award ceremony will take place on March 3, 2025.

www.oscars.org

 

 

BAFTA Film Awards

• CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa is leading with 12 nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Casting, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis is nominated 11 times for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, Best Original Score  
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi is nominated 9 times for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza is nominated for Children’s and Family Film and for Best Animated Feature
• THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann is in for Outstanding British Film and Best Leading Actress
• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial is nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language

The BAFTA ceremony will take place in London on 16 February 2025.

www.bafta.org

 

 

Spanish Goya Awards

• GLIMMERS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre is nominated for Best Actress (Patricia Lopez Arnaiz), Best Supporting Actor (Antonio de la Torre), Best New Actress (Marina Guerola), Best Adapted Screenplay
• THE ROOM NEXT DOOR by Pedro Almodovar, line producer: EAVE graduate Lara Costa-Calzadois nominated for Best Director, Best Actress (Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyles, Best Original Score 
• THE RED VIRGIN by Paula Ortiz, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora is nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Aixa Villagran), Best Art Direction, Best Production Supervision, Best Sound, Best Special Effects, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyles, Best Original Song
• SALVE MARIA by Mar Coll, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora is nominated for Best New Actress (Laura Weissmahr), Best Adapted Screenplay
• THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producer: EAVE graduate Adriana Dot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Eugenia Mumenthaler is nominated for Best Actor (Alfredo Castro)
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis is nominated for Best European Film
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza is nominated for Best European Film
• LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina is nominated for Best European Film
• ROCK BOTTOM by Maria Trenor, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra Clua is nominated for Best Animated Film
• CIAO BAMBINA by Afioco and Carolina Yuste, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo d’Ursi is nominated for Best Documentary Short Film
• LAS NOVIAS DEL SUR by Elena López Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler is nominated for Best Documentary Short Film

www.academiadecine.com

 

 

Directors Guild of America Awards

Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement:

• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi  
• CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa

Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film:

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
• ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink

Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:

• SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve

www.dga.org

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EAVE project QUIET LIFE in French cinemas

In French cinemas

• EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduates Elina Litvinova, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho. January 1.
• WHERE DO I BELONG TO by Meryam Joobeur, producer: EAVE graduate Sarra Ben Hassen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar. January 1. 
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. January 15.
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski. January 29.

 

In Belgian cinemas

• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. January 15. 
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. January 22.
• THE DEVIL'S BATH by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper. January 22. 
• MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart. January 29.  

 

In Dutch cinemas

• WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina. January 30.

 

In UK cinemas

• ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, Estelle Robin You. January 10. 
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart. January 17.
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi. January 24.

 

In Swiss cinemas

• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi. January 30.

 

In Austrian cinemas

• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi. January 30.

 

In German cinemas

• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski. January 9.  
• ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink. January 15. 
• RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri. January 15. 
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi. January 30.
• THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards. January 30.

 

In Polish cinemas

• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi. January 30.

 

In Danish cinemas

• MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. January 30. 
• HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas. January 25.

 

In Finnish cinemas

• CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa. December 20.
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis. January 10.  

 

In Irish cinemas

• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Petranyi. January 25.

 

In Norwegian cinemas

• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis. January 31.  
• MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. January 31.

 

In Swedish cinemas

• MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. January 31.

 

In Spanish cinemas

• THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho. January 31.

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EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM selected for Sundance and IFFR

Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2 –13)

• ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Maria Drandaki
• ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
• CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
• DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
• DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
• EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
• GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
• HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
• KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
• MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producers: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
• NASTY, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
• THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
• ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
• THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmye Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

www.psfilmfest.org

 

 

Ramdam Festival Tournai (January 17 – 27)

• AÏCHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
• BXL by Ish and Monir Ait-Hamou, producer: EAVE graduate Peter De Maegd
• DIAMANT BRUT by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora
• DWELLING AMONG THE GODS by Vuk Ršumović, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project LIVING LARGE by Kristina Dufkova, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Agata Novinski
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
• LARS IS LOL by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, producer: EAVE MW graduate Caroline Hitland
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
• MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producers: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
• ON FALLING by Laura Carreira, executive producer: EAVE graduate Luis Campos
• PLANET B by Aude Léa Rapi, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• QUEENS OF DRAMA by Alexis Langlois, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri  
• REAS by Lola Arias, producers: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
• THE ASSESSMENT by Fleur Fortuné, producer: EAVE+ graduates Jonas Katzenstein
• THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• UNE PART MANQUANTE by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques Henri Bronckart
• WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora 
• YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri

www.ramdamfestival.be

 

 

Tromsø International Film Festival (January 13 – 19)

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial 
• ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
• INTERCEPTED by Oksana Karpovych, co-producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
• KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
• LITTLE GIRL BLUE by Mona Achache, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• OHJUS by Miia Tervo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä 
• PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Ignas Miskinis, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
• THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho
• THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Eugenia Mumenthaler
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber
• U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
• VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries

www.tiff.no

 

 

Solothurner Filmtage (January 22 – 29)

• ALPHA. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
• BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
• BLINDGÄNGER by Kerstin Polte, producers: EAVE graduates Dirk Decker, Dario Schoch
• ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producers: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew
• LANDESVERRÄTER by Michael Krummenacher, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
• MILK TEETH by Sophia Bösch, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduates Karin Koch, Radu Stancu
• PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin   
• TRACES OF RESPONSIBILITY by Jann Anderegg, Anja Reiss, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch

www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch

 

 

Sundance Film Festival (January 23 – February 2)

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

• BRIDES by Nadia Fall, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
• DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producers: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic, TTB graduate Veronika Kührova
• EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producers: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub, TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
• THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski 
• SUKKWAN ISLAND by Vladimir de Fontenay, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

World Cinema Documentary Competition

• COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! By Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
• MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt

Premieres

• ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
• JIMPA by Sophie Hyde, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
• PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle

Spotlight

• APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani

Midnight

• THE UGLY STEPSISTER by Emilie Blichfeldt, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Wlodarski, Lizette Jonjic

Short Film Program

• B(L)IND THE SACRIFICE by Nakhane, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
• HURIKÁN by Jan Saska, producer: EAVE MW graduate Kamila Dohnalova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
• VOX HUMANA by Don Josephus, Raphael Eblahan, producer: EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang

www.sundance.org

 

 

Trieste Film Festival (January 16 – 24)

Feature Film Competition

• BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producers: FFF graduate Ketie Danelia, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
• FAMILY THERAPY by Sonja Prosec, producer: EAVE graduate Rok Secen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tamara Babun, Jarle Bjørknes, EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron
• FREEDOM by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
• KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
• LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, Ferenc Pusztai, Viktoria Petranyi, Patricia d’Intino
• LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
• STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
• THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux

Out of Competition

• BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
• EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator for Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner
• EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• MMXX by Cristi Puiu, producer: EAVE graduate Sergiu Cumatrenco
• MY LATE SUMMER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, Annamaria Antoci
• SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
• SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
• THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

Short Films

• THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc

Special Events

• BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
• CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
• DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
• EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
• GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduates Maria Blicharska, Diana Elbaum

Documentary Competition

• ALICE ON & OFF by Isabela von Tent, producer: EAVE graduate Irina Malcea-Cândea
• A PICTURE TO REMEMBER by Olga Chernykh, producer: TTB graduate Flavia Oertwig
• BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• FAIRY GARDEN by Gergő Somogyvari, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sára László
• MOTHERLAND by Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
• TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA by Nanna Frank Møller & Zlatko Pranjic, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

WILD ROSES – Focus on Serbia

• 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter, co-producer: EAVE graduate Undine Filter
• 78 DAYS by Emilija Gasic, producer: EAVE graduate Milos Ivanovic, EAVE MW graduate Andrijana Sofranic Sucur
• CELTS by Milica Tomovic, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Vasiljevic
• INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
• IVANA THE TERRIBLE by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
• LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE by Marta Popivoda, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
• SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE President Danny Krausz
• SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann
• THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichowsky
• WHEN THE PHONE RANG by Iva Radivojevic, producer: EAVE MW graduate Andrijana Sofranic Sucur

Queer Visions

• EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, Ankica Juric Tilic, Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj

www.triestefilmfestival.it

 

When East Meets West Co-Production Forum (January 19 – 22)

• BEATRICE by Vallo Toomla, producers: EAVE graduates Evelin Soosaar-Penttilä, Giovanni Pompili, Lithuanian National Coordinator Dagne Vildziunaite, B'EST graduate Alise Gelze
• BERLINER directed and produced by CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, producers: Heino Deckert, EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
• BETTER THAN GOLD by Leen Michiels, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D'Hollander
• BIG WOMEN by Milica Tomović, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
• GLOWING by Martin Pav, producer: EAVE graduate Jitka Kotrlova
• HELTER SKELTER by Paul Vincent de Lestrade, producers: PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan
• KLARA IS HERE by David Csicskar, producer: EAVE graduate Balazs Zachar
• LAI HUI (BACK&FORTH) - RECORDING THE FIELD ALONG THE NEW SILK ROAD by Antoine Prum, producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, Tsiako Abesadze, Diana Paroiu, Carla Fotea, EAVE MW graduate Norman Bernien
• NEARBY FARAWAY by Sonia Liza Kenterman, producers: EAVE graduates Mando Stathi, Alexandra Hoesdorff, Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
• RUNNING WITH BEASTS by Leila Basma, producer: PUENTES graduate Natalia Pavlove
• SOMA by Miklos Keleti, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin
• TALES OF FRUITS AND MONSTERS by Gregor Božič, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
• WAR FEVER by Ineke Smits, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin

Last Stop Trieste

• ELECTING MISS SANTA by Raisa Razmerita, producers: EAVE graduates Ion Gnatiuc, Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu

This is IT

• CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic, producer: PUENTES and EAVE SLATE graduate Alessandro Amato, EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti
• HOME by Or Sinai, producer: EAVE graduate Aneta Zagorska
• EAVE project THE LAST SON by Darko Stante, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Nina Robnik, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianiu
• ON THEIR OWN by Tudor Jurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Bogdan Craciun
• THE ART OF BITING YOUR TONGUE by Ieva Norvele, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Latvia Aija Berzina
• THE WHITE CLUB by Michele Pennetta, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
• WOLF PARK by Demelza Kooij, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson

First Cut+   

• AMORES by Grace Passo, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis
• BORDERLINE by Ignas Jonynas, producer: EAVE graduate Ruta Jekentaite
• DESPITE THE SCARS by Felix Rier, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini
• GIRL IN THE NIGHT by Luka Marcetic, producer: EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric
• SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 by Duzan Duong, producers: EAVE graduates Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, Jakub Viktorin

EAVE Slate

• Volos Film Italia | producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini | Italy
• Blade Production | producer: Zoran Dzeverdanovic | Slovenia
• Hotel B Filmes | producer: Juan Camilo Figueroa | Colombia
• Brava Cine | producer: Valeria Forster Cassigoli | Argentina
• Climax Films | producer: Caroline Houben | Belgium
• HER Film | producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber | Sweden
• INVICTUS | producer: EAVE graduate Kalin Kalinov | Bulgaria
• Pilgrim Film | producer: Andrea Magnani | Italy
• Rodô Audiovisual | producer: Akira Martins | Brazil
• Monarca Films | producer: Eugenia Olascuaga | Uruguay
• Kijora Film | producer: Marta Szymanowska | Poland
• Plan C Filmproduktion | producer: EAVE graduate Claudia Wohlgenannt | Austria

EAVE events

EAVE Impact Think Tank

The annual EAVE Impact Think Tank took place on January 18 & 19, and we will delve deeper for the second year into Equitable Approaches to Producing.

Over the course of 1.5 days, we explored innovative strategies for integrating inclusive production practices across all stages of content production — from pre-development to release and distribution. Our collective goal was to create a concise, practical guide for producers, providing actionable recommendations on storytelling, community engagement, crew selection, contracts, team building, and more.

Thanks to WEMW and our generous funders, including the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Telefilm Canada and IEFTA, whose contributions have made this gathering possible as well as the Marché du Film where we aim to present this year's results in May.

EAVE panel

"Inclusive Co-Productions: A Roadmap from Development to Release" – January 20, 17:00

The panel in collaboration with the EAVE Impact Think Tank, explored strategies for embedding inclusivity into every stage of the co-production process, from pre-development to release. Drawing on insights from the 2025 EAVE Think Tank, this session provided a practical framework for fostering collaboration and creating ethical co-productions.

Speakers:

• EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen, Gema Films, Argentina
• EAVE graduate Jennifer Sabbah, Big Sister Production, France
• EAVE participant Amil Shivji, Kijiweni Productions, Tanzania

Moderator: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

GMM Residency

The first Global Media Makers (GMM) Residency to engage Ukrainian filmmakers was held from January 16-22. The residency by Film Independent was presented in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Institute, WEMW, and EAVE.

www.wemw.it

 

 

Black Movie Festival Geneva (January 17 – 26)

• KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
• LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julia Berkes, Ferenc Pusztai, Viktoria Petranyi, Patricia d’Intino
• Interchange project MIMOSAS by Oliver Laxe, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro 
• SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
• TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon 
• VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB graduate Bradley Liew and TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries
• YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
• YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial

www.blackmovie.ch

 

 

Premiers Plans Festival Angers (January 18 – 26)

• I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falileieva, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
• INTERCEPTED by Oksana Karpovych, co-producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
• LE DERNIER SOUFFLE by Costa-Gavras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
• ON FALLING by Laura Carreira, executive producer: EAVE graduate Luis Campos
• PUENTES project THE EXILES (LOS TORTUGA) by Belen Funes, producers: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran, EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo, co-producer: PUENTES, MW and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber
• U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

www.premiersplans.org

 

 

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken (January 20 – 26)

• BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
• LES COURAGEUX by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
• PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
• THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
• TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber

https://ffmop.de

 

 

International Film Festival Rotterdam  (January 25 – February 4)

Opening and Closing Film

• FABULA by Michiel ten Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk
• THIS CITY IS A BATTLEFIELD by Mouly Surya, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew

Tiger Competition

• EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Vanja Jambrovic, Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi
• FIRST PERSON PLURAL by Sandro Aguilar, producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Borrelli
• IM HAUS MEINER ELTERN by Tim Ellrich, producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
• PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
• WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Vanja Jambrovic, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, Miha Černec
• WONDROUS IS THE SILENCE OF MY MASTER by Ivan Salatic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski

Big Screen Competition

• BACK TO THE FAMILY by Shaunas Bartas, producers: EAVE graduates Janja Kralj, Izabela Wójcik, Gints Grube, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska
• EAVE project IDYLLIC by Aaron Rookus, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven
• ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
• OUR FATHER – THE LAST DAYS OF A DICTATOR by José Filipe Costa, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Filipa Reis
• SOFT LEAVES by Miwako Van Weyenberg, producer: EAVE graduate Antonio Lombardo

Harbour

• BALENTES by Giovanni Columbu, producer: TTB graduate Flavia Oertwig
• EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producer: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub, TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
• GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet, producers: EAVE graduates Nicole Gerhards, Julie Esparbes
• GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producers: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, Tony Copti, Marco Valerio Fusco
• KEY TO HEAVEN by Digna Sinke, producer: EAVE graduate Monique Busman
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• STRANDZHA by Pepa Hristova, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
• THE MOROMETE FAMILY 3: FATHER AND SON by Stere Gulea, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
• THE MOROMETE FAMILY: ON THE EDGE OF TIME by Stere Gulea, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
• WISHING ON A STAR by Peter Kerekes, co-producers: EAVE graduates Vanja Jambrovic and Tibor Keser, TTB graduate Stefano Centini
• YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
• YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
• YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Gilles Chanial, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

Limelight

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial 
• ALPHA. by Jan Willem van Ewijk, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
• ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producer: EAVE+ graduate Michjela Pini, EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Judith Lichtneckert, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
• I SHALL SEE by Mercedes Stalenhoef, producer: EAVE graduate Rogier Kramer
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, in association with EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski & PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
• MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
• MARIANA’S ROOM by Emmanuel Finkiel, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE RETURN by Uberto Pasolini, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Bright Future

• 1 GIRL INFINITE by Lilly Hu, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
• RED STARS UPON THE FIELD by Laura Laabs, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger

Tiger Short Competition

• COMMON PEAR by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi

Shorts & Mid-length

• UPON SUNRISE by Stevan Ivancic, producers: EAVE graduates Dragana Jovovic, Miha Cernec, Danijel Pek, Carna Vucinic
• CAMERAS DO NOT RECORD SUCH THINGS by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

CineMart

• 100 THOUSAND TURKISH LIRAS by Nazli Elif Durlu, producer: EAVE graduate Annamaria Aslanoglu
• ENKOP (THE SOIL) by Angela Wanjiku Wamai, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
• HOW MELISSA BLEW A FUSE by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator for Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
• INBETWEEN WORLDS by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
• THE PRICE OF GOLD by Eugen Jebeleanu, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

CineMart Immersive Projects

• STRATA by Lilian Hess, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth

EAVE events

• Closed-door EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK in partnership with HBF and IMS on Sunday, February 2

Inclusive Coproduction Funding: Practical Steps for Impact

This Think Tank will explore strategies for funders to integrate policies that make inclusive productions more achievable on the projects they finance. Building on the insights shared in the EAVE Impact Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Productions, launched at the Marché du Film in May 2024, this session will serve as a focused follow-up for European decision-makers to review and discuss recommendations and align on key actions to undertake collectively. Our collective goal is to determine best practices that funders can implement to make their funding policies and programs more inclusive, particularly for financing co-productions with the Global South and Indigenous or racialized filmmakers in Europe.

• EAVE open panel in partnership with HBF & IMS on Monday, February 3, 16:00-17:30

Rethinking co-productions: strategies for a more inclusive industry

This panel aims to equip producers with the tools and strategies to thrive in the world of international co-productions. Leading funding bodies will share practical solutions to open doors to fair funding opportunities, adapt to today’s challenges, and forge partnerships that fuel creative and commercial success. Attendees will gain real, practical insights with clear steps to create more compelling, impact films, and new connections to expand their networks and resources.

Speakers:

• EAVE graduate Helge Albers - MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
• TTB graduate Iwana Chronis - Netherlands Film Fund
• Nedin Mutic - SØRFOND

Moderators: EAVE graduates Tamara Dawit & Anton Calleja

https://iffr.com

 

 

Göteborg International Film Festival (January 24 – February 2)

Nordic Competition

• KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
• LIVE A LITTLE by Fanny Ovesen, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellson
• ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari and Mark Lwoff 
• WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Rúnar Rúnarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski

International Competition

• ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
• HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Sukhanov
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Ingmar Bergman Competition

• HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler 

Nordic Documentary Competition

• ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
• TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber

Focus: Disobedience

• EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
• ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis

Gala

• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho
• THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann

Voyage

• AÏCHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
• SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
• VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries

Nordic Film Market

Works in progress

• A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
• A SWEETNESS FROM NOWHERE by Ester Martin Bergsmark, producer: EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius
• ARRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir 
• THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson and Katrin Pors
• THE SQUIRREL by Markus Lehmusruusu, producers: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari

Discovery

• ELION by Nagieb Khaja, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen
• LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW by Tess Quatri, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir
• WHEN JOHAN JOHANAS DISAPPEARED TO THE MOUNTAINS by Suvi West, producer: EAVE participant Julia Elomäki

Nordic Gateway 

• GRAMMATIK by Popo Fan, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
• TORPOR by Meltse Van Coillie, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert

https://goteborgfilmfestival.se/en/

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LA BALEINE is in production now

In production

LA BALEINE by Sylvère Petit, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc is in production. Written by Sylvère Petit and Nathan Le Graciet, the story takes us back to autumn 1985. A storm awakens the Mediterranean. A village is devastated, the harvest ravaged. The sea has deposited a whale on the beach. It’s dead and is declared a carrier of disease. With his tractor, his harvest trailer and three kitchen knives, ailing, misanthrope wine grower, Corbac, wants to save the cetacean’s skeleton from a sanitary blast of dynamite. Day and night, his daughter Mathilde sees the biggest of creatures paraded, piece by piece, past the church, the school and the distillery, awakening the villagers’ unconscious minds and stirring up violence. Mathilde knows her father: he’ll see it through to the bitter end… Serge Lalou and Sophie Cabon produce LA BALEINE for Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée, in co-production with Iota Production (Isabelle Truc and Lawrence Absalon) Upside Films, Spain’s Imagic Telecom. Pre-purchased by Ciné+, the feature film enjoys support via a CNC advance on receipts, as well as backing from Eurimages, the Gan Film Foundation, the Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée region (where filming will unfold until 14 February, with Michaël Capron heading up photography), Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, the SOFICA companies Cineventure and Cofimage, and Procirep/Angoa. It also benefits from partnerships with the Pelagis Observatory and Paris’ Natural History Museum, and enjoys further backing from Le Groupe Ouest and the Francophone Co-Production Meetings, among other sources.

www.iotaproduction.com

 

In post-production

• WASHED AND BURIED by Martin Turk, producers: EAVE graduates Ida Weiss, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Marta Zaccaron is in post-production. The film follows Nadja, a successful 40-year-old lawyer, who returns to her remote hometown to fulfil her late grandmother's enigmatic final wish, making her face with long-forgotten places and encounters, as well as hidden family truths that challenge her perception of the past. Produced by Ida Weiss of Bela Film (Slovenia), the film is a co-production with Marta Zaccaron of Incipit Film (Italy) and Inja Korać of Cobra Chicks (Croatia), with national co-producers RTV Slovenija and Senca Studio also attached to the project. The production is financially backed by the Slovenian Film Centre, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission and Creative Europe – MEDIA. The film was shot on location in Val Canale, Italy. The region is known for its local rituals and traditions, which served as inspiration for the film's story.

www.belafilm.si

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DRONELAND receives support

Netherlands Film Fund

In the fourth round of 2024 Netherlands Film Production Incentive invests in 9 feature films, 4 documentaries, and 4 drama series including 7 international co-productions. Among them:

• BORGES AND ME by Mark Turtletaub, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
• DRONELAND by Max Zähle, Felix Koch, producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
• THE LIONS ON THE RIVER TIGRIS by Zaradasht Ahmed, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard

www.filmfonds.nl

 

ICAA Spain

• MALLORCA CONFIDENCIAL by David Ilundain, producer: TTB graduate Valerie Delpierre receives support by the Spanish Ministry of Culture through the ICAA (Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute).

www.iniciafilms.com

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MEET EAVE IN FEBRUARY!

@ International Film Festival Rotterdam, February 1 - 5, Rotterdam (NL)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (February 1 - 2), EAVE Project Manager Sarah van den Hoogen

 

@ European Film Market, February 15 - 18, Berlin (DE)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

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39 Oscar nominations for 10 films by EAVE Producers

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EAVE @WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2025

EAVE is happy to announce a vast presence of EAVE graduates at the next edition of When East Meets West in Trieste, Italy (January 19-22, 2025)!

Discover here the activities by EAVE and check out the projects and companies by EAVE graduates presented at the popular co-production platform!

The annual EAVE Impact Think Tank will take place on January 18 & 19, and we will delve deeper for the second year into Equitable Approaches to Producing.

Over the course of 1.5 days, we will explore innovative strategies for integrating inclusive production practices across all stages of content production — from pre-development to release and distribution. Our collective goal is to create a concise, practical guide for producers, providing actionable recommendations on storytelling, community engagement, crew selection, contracts, team building, and more.

Thanks to WEMW and our generous funders, including the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Telefilm Canada and IEFTA, whose contributions have made this gathering possible as well as the Marché du Film where we aim to present this year's results in May.

"Inclusive Co-Productions: A Roadmap from Development to Release" – January 20, 17:00

The panel in collaboration with the EAVE Impact Think Tank, will explore strategies for embedding inclusivity into every stage of the co-production process, from pre-development to release. Drawing on insights from the 2025 EAVE Think Tank, this session provides a practical framework for fostering collaboration and creating ethical co-productions.

Speakers:

• EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen, Gema Films, Argentina
• EAVE graduate Jennifer Sabbah, Big Sister Production, France
• EAVE participant Amil Shivji, Kijiweni Productions, Tanzania

Moderator: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

EAVE SLATE, run by When East Meets West in close partnership with EAVE, has selected 12 European and Latin American companies that are developing a slate of A/V works and will offer them consultancies on how to build a successful company slate and strategic company planning, together with business-to-business exchanges with key players from different industry sectors.

The programme combines the EAVE group work method with a series of plenary sessions and individual consultancies focusing on strategic company planning, potential risk evaluation and company diversification. The main goal is to define realistic short-, mid- and long-term strategies for their companies and how to pick the right projects to include in their company slates.

EAVE SLATE Group leaders and Experts: EAVE graduates Ankica Juric Tilic (Kinorama, Croatia), Michael Kitzberger (Geyrhalterfilm, Austria), Benjamin Domenech (Rei Pictures, Argentina), Sophie Erbs (Gaijin, France)

Guest experts: EAVE graduate Edwin Goldman (Goldman Film, Netherlands), Darragh Matthews (IPR.VC, UK) and EAVE graduate Maria Møller Christoffersen (Beofilm Pictures & Frau Film, Denmark).

The selected companies for the EAVE SLATE are the following:

• Volos Film Italia | producer: Stefano Centini | Italy
• Blade Production | producer: Zoran Dzeverdanovic | Slovenia
• Hotel B Filmes | producer: Juan Camilo Figueroa | Colombia
• Brava Cine | producer: Valeria Forster Cassigoli | Argentina
• Climax Films | producer: Caroline Houben | Belgium
• HER Film | producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber | Sweden
• INVICTUS | producer: Kalin Kalinov | Bulgaria
• Pilgrim Film | producer: Andrea Magnani | Italy
• Rodô Audiovisual | producer: Akira Martins | Brazil
• Monarca Films | producer: Eugenia Olascuaga | Uruguay
• Kijora Film | producer: Marta Szymanowska | Poland
• Plan C Filmproduktion | producer: Claudia Wohlgenannt | Austria

Co-Production Forum

EAVE will award one producer with a scholarship for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2026!

The following projects are being produced by EAVE graduates:

• BEATRICE by Vallo Toomla, producers: EAVE graduates Evelin Soosaar-Penttilä, Giovanni Pompili, Dagne Vildziunaite, B'EST graduate Alise Gelze
• BERLINER directed and produced by CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, producers: Heino Deckert, EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
• BETTER THAN GOLD by Leen Michiels, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D'Hollander
• BIG WOMEN by Milica Tomović, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
• GLOWING by Martin Pav, producer: EAVE graduate Jitka Kotrlova
• HELTER SKELTER by Paul Vincent de Lestrade, producers: PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan
• KLARA IS HERE by David Csicskar, producer: EAVE graduate Balazs Zachar
• LAI HUI (BACK&FORTH) - RECORDING THE FIELD ALONG THE NEW SILK ROAD by Antoine Prum, producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, Tsiako Abesadze, Diana Paroiu, Carla Fotea, EAVE MW graduate Norman Bernien
• NEARBY FARAWAY by Sonia Liza Kenterman, producers: EAVE graduates Mando Stathi, Alexandra Hoesdorff, Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
• RUNNING WITH BEASTS by Leila Basma, producer: PUENTES graduate Natalia Pavlove
• SOMA by Miklos Keleti, producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin
• TALES OF FRUITS AND MONSTERS by Gregor Božič, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
• WAR FEVER by Ineke Smits, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin

Works in Progress

LAST STOP TRIESTE

• ELECTING MISS SANTA by Raisa Razmerita, producers: EAVE graduates Ion Gnatiuc, Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu

THIS IS IT

• CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic, producer: PUENTES and EAVE SLATE graduate Alessandro Amato
• HOME by Or Sinai, producer: EAVE graduate Aneta Zagorska
• EAVE project THE LAST SON by Darko Stante, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Nina Robnik, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianiu
• ON THEIR OWN by Tudor Jurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Bogdan Craciun
• THE WHITE CLUB by Michele Pennetta, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
• WOLF PARK by Demelza Kooij, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson

FIRST CUT +

• AMORES by Grace Passo, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis
• BORDERLINE by Ignas Jonynas, producer: EAVE graduate Ruta Jekentaite
• DESPITE THE SCARS by Felix Rier, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini
• GIRL IN THE NIGHT by Luka Marcetic, producer: EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric
• SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 by Duzan Duong, producers: EAVE graduates Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, Jakub Viktorin

INSPIRATIONAL LABS

AMAZING INTELLIGENCE | Artificial Intelligence Inspirational Lab

• EAVE MW graduate Greta Akcijonaite | Greta Garbo Films | Lithuania
• PUENTES graduate Maria Carla Del Rio Betancourt | Fasten Films | Spain
• EAVE graduate Danae Spathara | Heretic | Greece

ANIMA SPIRIT | Animation Inspirational Lab

• EAVE participant Anna M. Bofarull | Kaboga Art & Films | Spain

COLD OPEN | Drama Series Inspirational Lab

• EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja | Pipser | Croatia
• EAVE graduate Edwin Goldman | Goldman Film | Netherlands
• EAVE graduate Sergio Grobas | Astra Pictures | Spain

DOCS MEET SERIES | Docuseries Inspirational Lab

• EAVE FFF graduate Karin Berghammer | berg hammer film | Austria
• EAVE graduate Patricia D'Intino | Good Kids | Hungary
• EAVE graduate Renko Douze | Een van de jongens | Netherlands

EAST & WEST | Co-Production Inspirational Lab

• EAVE graduate Paulo Serpa | MEUS RUSSOS | Brazil
• PUENTES graduate Angelo Rocco Troiano | Mediterraneo Cinematografica | Italy

FILMS X GAMES | Video Games Production Inspirational Lab

• EAVE graduate François Le Gall | a_BAHN | Luxembourg
• EAVE graduate Irena Markovic | Focus Media | Croatia
• EAVE graduate Joanna Szymanska | Shipsboy | Poland

GENRE RULES | Fantastic Film Inspirational Lab

• EAVE graduate Cristina Badea | Adenium Film | Romania
• EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith | PRPL | Netherlands
• EAVE graduate Milan Stojanovic | Sense Production | Serbia

STREAMERS ECOSYSTEM | Streamers Ecosystem Inspirational Lab

• TTB graduate Stefano Chiavarini | Piroetta | Italy
• EAVE graduate Sergei Serpuhov | Baltic Pine Films | Latvia

UNLOCKING CAPITAL | Private Investment Inspirational Lab

• EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen | Fünferfilm | Germany
• EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki | Homemade Films | Greece
• EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd | Yellow Blackbird | Germany
• EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor | Shipsboy | Poland
• EAVE graduate Ines Massa | Materia Cinema | Spain
• EAVE graduate Marija Razgute | m-films | Lithuania
• EAVE graduate Daniele Segre | Redibis Film | Italy
• EAVE graduate Sarah Pennacchi | PILGRIM | Italy
• EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin | Volya Films | Netherlands

MIDPOINT SHORTS

• KURKUMA by Drishya Gautham, producer: EAVE graduate Mathivanan Rajendran

Read for a meeting? Meet EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp and EAVE Project Managers Tanika Sajatovic and Ana Ruiz Miralles at the WEMW 2025!

For more information, please visit: https://www.wemw.it/

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Film Independent, WEMW and EAVE announce the first Global Media Makers Residency in Europe for Ukrainian Filmmakers

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization celebrating 40 years of the Spirit Awards, announced today, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, that the first Global Media Makers (GMM) Residency to engage Ukrainian filmmakers will be held January 16-22, during the 15th Edition of When East Meets West in Trieste, Italy.

The residency is presented in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Institute, When East Meets West (WEMW), and the European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE).

“We are thrilled to partner with EAVE and WEMW to bring our communities together in an effort to support an incredible group of filmmakers from Ukraine, who are developing compelling stories with a global reach,” said María Raquel Bozzi, Senior Director of Education and International Programs at Film Independent, “The mission of our organizations and our commitment to supporting new independent voices from around the world are perfectly aligned.”

Kristina Trapp, EAVE CEO, added, “We are excited to launch this first partnership. The residency will offer eight amazing producer-director teams and their projects from Ukraine a perfect package: top notch tutoring from the GMM mentors, shared sessions with EAVE SLATE and EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK, and plenty of networking opportunities at the vibrant WEMW market.”

This intensive week-long residency will serve sixteen talented filmmakers, creative producers, and writer-director teams, with fiction and documentary feature film projects in early development, exploring a wide array of issues of social importance from their country. Leading this residency are esteemed U.S. mentors Mollye Asher (Nomadland), Ruth Atkinson (Script Consultant), Karin Chien (Bitterroot), Caroline Libresco (Food and Country), Alix Madigan (Winter’s Bone), Avril Speaks (Jinn), and Alejandro Valdes-Rochin (Menudo: Forever Young). These industry professionals will provide an overview of independent film best practices in the United States, while exploring their relevance in the Ukrainian and European context. Mentors will also delve into development strategies for the projects participating in the program. In addition, this will be a great time for American and European mentors participating in the different programs at WEMW to compare notes and foster opportunities for crosspollination.

“Over the past years the concrete support to the Ukrainian film industry has been one of the key priorities of When East Meets West,” said Alessandro Gropplero, WEMW Director. “Therefore, today we are so happy to expand our mission and goals, and we are delighted to be part of the first GMM Residency in Europe, as we are sure that all these talented Ukrainian selected teams will get precious feedback, meaningful perspectives, as well as new beneficial connections during our market.”

The Fellows selected to the 2025 GMM Residency in Trieste and their films are:

Ukraine

Director: Serhii Zeinalov

Producer: Diana Nazaruk

Project Title: 533 Days - Separated by The Bridge

Project Type: Documentary Feature

Logline: After Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and the Antoniv Bridge's destruction, its 83-year-old chief engineer begins a new life in his ancestral homeland.

 

Writer/Director: Sabina Asadova

Writer/Director/Producer: Mira Oyetoro

Project Title: Between Strange Borders

Project Type: Documentary Feature

 

Director: Snizhana Gusarevych                               

Producer: Anya Perepelytsia

Project Title: Flowers On Marsovo

Project Type: Documentary Feature

Logline: An observation of a young man whose daily work of preparing fallen soldiers for burial overshadows his own life.

 

Writer/Director: Oleksandr Roshchyn

Producer: Viktor Shevchenko

Project Title: Mamayi

Project Type: Narrative Feature

Logline: During the 2009 election in Ukraine, two television reporters become unwilling instruments in a dirty presidential campaign for pro-Russian candidate Yanukovych.

 

Writer/Director: Marysia Nikitiuk

Producer: Alyona Kaporina

Project Title: Noah

Project Type: Narrative Feature

Logline: Experienced sapper (military engineer) Noah mentors young soldier Andriy who, despite his fears, faces intense battles to protect his comrades on the front line.

 

Director: Nikon Romanchenko

Producer: Julia Sinkevych

Project Title: Reconstruction

Project Type: Narrative Feature

Logline: Maria, an art restorer, struggles to regain her inner strength and finds promise among war-torn ruins.

 

Writer/Director: Alina Panasenko

Producer: Lyuba Knorozok

Project Title: Skein

Project Type: Narrative Feature

Logline: While litigating to protect a historical building, Myroslava suddenly spirals into depression and chaotic erotic affairs, struggling to keep her own life from collapsing.

 

Writer/Director: Nadia Parfan

Producer: Anastasiia Kanarova

Project Title: The Amateur

Project Type: Documentary Feature    

Logline: Volodymyr Zaikovsky, a former seaman who settles in Soviet Ukraine, begins experimenting with cinema as a new country is born in front of his lens.

 

ABOUT GLOBAL MEDIA MAKERS

Global Media Makers (GMM) is an in-depth, intensive artist development exchange program that produces residencies for international mid-career writers, directors and producers in film and television. GMM fosters networks between U.S. industry leaders and mid-career film and tv professionals around the world.  GMM is a cultural diplomacy initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and implemented by Film Independent. Since 2016 the program has nurtured the careers of 214 filmmakers from Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa through the LA Residency where GMM fellows have developed their projects with the support of acclaimed entertainment industry professionals.

Over the last nine years, 33 films supported by GMM have premiered in prestigious film festivals around the world. Recent films that have been developed through GMM’s Flagship LA Residency include Maksud Hossain’s Saba (TIFF & Busan 2024), Subhadra Mahajan and Shyam Bora’s Second Chance (Karlovy Vary & AFI Fest 2024), Mira Shaib and Zeina Badran’s Arzé (Beijing & Tribeca 2024), Min Bahadur Bham’s Shambhala (Berlinale & Locarno 2024), Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan’s Nocturnes (Sundance 2024), Mohamed Kordofani and Amjad Abu Alala’s Goodbye Julia (Cannes 2023).
 

ABOUT THE BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) leads the United States’ global efforts to engage individuals through academic, cultural, professional, sports, film, music, and youth exchanges, thereby promoting peace and increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other nations.  Through these people-to-people exchanges and programs, the Bureau supports broader U.S. foreign policy goals, including access to education, economic opportunity and equity, and societal inclusion.
 

ABOUT FILM INDEPENDENT

For 40 years, Film Independent has helped filmmakers get their projects made and seen. The nonprofit organization’s core mission is to champion creative independence in visual storytelling in all its forms, and to foster a culture of inclusion, in support of a global community of artists and audiences who embody diversity, innovation, curiosity and uniqueness of vision.

In addition to producing the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the organization helps creative professionals with Artist Development programs, grants and labs. Signature mentorship program Project Involve fosters the careers of talented filmmakers from communities historically excluded from the film industry. Education events and workshops equip filmmakers of all ages and experience levels with tools and resources. Global Media Makers, a cultural exchange program produced in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, provides career-building opportunities for international film professionals. And year-round screening series Film Independent Presents offers a robust program of unique cinematic experiences, including screenings, conversations, Live Reads and Bring the Noise musical events.

For more information or to become a Member, visit filmindependent.org.

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EAVE+ 2025: Apply now to the workshop on sustainable and innovative business strategies!

Applications are now open until February 3, 2025 for the 15th edition of EAVE+!

EAVE+ will take place from April 25 - 30, 2025 in Luxembourg.

Join this compact workshop to and get a comprehensive industry update and an insight into the latest business models. EAVE+ offers 15 producers the opportunity to discuss their company structures and management practices together with high-profile industry experts during 4,5 days to tackle the business side of running a film company.

Sessions will focus on:

• Company sustainability and how to reinvent yourself in times of change
• ‘Transforming companies’: a series of company case studies and inspiring new business models
• The role of the producer as a leader

Together with top-notch experts, we will dive deep into:

• cashflow management
• company strategies
• negotiation with financiers and partners
• raising finance from investors
• how to create viable business models for the future

All producers will work on their individual leadership qualities and resilience in private coaching sessions.

“The workshop is very attractive for experienced producers coping with strategical questions how to move forward with your company and productions to make sustainable business environment. It's a big inspiration to share your doubts and questions with fellow producers and experts, also to get advices from different size markets professionals, to discuss future opportunities and goals in the creative industries. I've got many new ideas and inspirations which I consider to apply to my company and to my leadership skills growth.”

Zivile Gallego, Fratila Films, Lithuania

“Terrific workshop to rethink and improve the structure and administration of our company.”  

Jose Alba, Pecado Films, Spain

Applications are open for independent producers with a solid track record and international experience from Europe and the rest of the world until February 3, 2025. 

The programme is designed for producers who have been running their own company for five years+ and/or who have worked five years+ at senior management level in another company. We strongly recommend that two individuals at senior management level attend from each company

EAVE allocates a specific scholarship for European residents and citizens who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour. EAVE also offers a limited number of scholarships covering the participation fee (incl. accommodation). Priority is given to candidates from LCC countries as defined by Creative Europe (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia. The following third countries would also be considered within Group B, subject to the conditions being fulfilled for their participation in the MEDIA strand: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Georgia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Ukraine).

Thanks to our partnerships, SODEC will offer a scholarship for one participant from Quebec and Canada Media Fund (CMF) will offer a scholarship for 1-2 participants from one Canadian company owned and controlled by persons from Racialized or Indigenous communities. To be eligible, the company needs to have a slate of content and have received production funding from the CMF in the past 4 years. Projeto Paradiso will offer a scholarship for one Brazilian participant attending EAVE+.

EAVE+ is organised once a year in Luxembourg with support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Film Fund Luxembourg

For more information, please visit here or contact satu@eave.org.

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EAVE 2024 HIGHLIGHTS

37 EAVE WORKSHOPS MODULES DELIVERED IN 2024

• 3 Producers Workshop weeks in Luxembourg / in Norway / in Sweden
• 2 PUENTES workshop weeks in Italy / in Uruguay
• 2 TIES THAT BIND workshop weeks in Taiwan / in Italy
• 4 TIES THAT BIND labs: sales & distribution lab in Busan / ATF x TTB animation lab 3 modules online and in Singapore
• 1 Marketing Workshop in Luxembourg
• 1 EAVE+ workshop in Luxembourg
• 2 Green Film Lab workshops in the UK and in Greece
• 3 Creative Producer Indaba workshops in Marrakech, in Rotterdam and online
• 1 EAVE SLATE workshop at WEMW in Trieste
• 1 EAVE AI SKILLS BOOSTER workshop online
• 17 EAVE on Demand workshops all over the globe online and onsite: ACCESS workshop third module in Canada // 3 CHANGE Co-production workshops in Moldova and in Denmark // EAVE on Demand in Quezon City, Philippines // EAVE on Demand in Podgorica, Montenegro // EAVE on Demand in Brussels, Belgium // EAVE on Demand Ukraine 2 online workshop modules // EAVE on Demand RE-ACT in Belgrade, Serbia // Arab Producers Lab in Amman, Jordan // Sámi Producers Lab 2 modules in Guovdageaidnu, Norway and online // 2 local workshops during Producer Workshops in Norway and in Sweden // 2 local workshops during PUENTES in Italy and in Uruguay

EAVE SPECIAL EVENTS IN 2024

• The EAVE IMPACT Think Tank at WEMW in Trieste was organised around equitable co-production with follow-up sessions in Cannes, in Durban, in Toronto.
• Introduction of a brand-new EAVE workshop: the AI SKILLS BOOSTER on practical aspects of the use of AI in the audiovisual value chain.
• We are proud of having organised the first Arab Producers Lab 2024 in partnership with the Royal Film Commission of Jordan.
• We have partnered up again with Netflix for two workshops: a Grant Program addressed to Ukrainian filmmakers in partnership with the Ukrainian Film Academy and the Sámi Producers Lab in cooperation with the International Sámi Film Institute.
• EAVE was an ambassador of the European Film Market’s Equity and Inclusion Pathways seminar in 2024 and member of the #DocSafe initiative.
• We introduced the EAVE Code of Conduct and the Safer Space practices at all EAVE workshops and we continued adapting the EAVE Green Policy.

AWARDS FOR EAVE PRODUCERS IN 2024

• 13 nominations and 4 American Academy Awards
• 8 nominations and 2 Golden Globes
• 29 nominations and 13 European Film Awards, including European Film for EMILIA PEREZ and European Animated Film for EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW
• 15 awards in Cannes including the Golden Eye for EAVE project THE BRINK OF DREAMS
• 18 awards at the Berlinale including the Golden Bear for DAHOMEY
• 5 awards at Sundance
• Golden Lion for THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, 2 Silver Lions, 6 more main awards in Venice
• 4 Hearts of Sarajevo and 5 more awards in Sarajevo
• 6 awards in Karlovy Vary
• 14 awards in Locarno …and many more

OUR PARTNERS IN 2024

Creative Europe | Film Fund Luxembourg | FilmInvest, Norwegian Film Institute, Midtnorsk Filmsenter, Filmfond Nord, Sørnorsk Filmsenter, Midtgard Film Commission, Norwegian Film Commission, MEDIA Desk Norway, Virke Produsentforeningen, Filmnod Blekinge, Region Blekinge, Swedish Film Institute, Karlskrona Kommun and Blekinge Institute of Technology for the EAVE Producers Workshop | Programa Ibermedia, FVG Audiovisual Fund, the Italian Directorate-General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities for PUENTES | FVG Audiovisual Fund, Udine Far East Film Festival, TAICCA, SAAVA and ATF Asia TV Forum & Market for Ties That Bind | Realness Institute, International Film Festival Rotterdam’s IFFR Pro, and the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops for Creative Producer Indaba | CPH:DOX and IMS International Media Support for CHANGE | National Screen Institute - Canada and Canada Media Fund for ACCESS | Ukrainian Film Academy and Netflix for EAVE on Demand Ukraine | Wallonie Bruxelles Images and Brussels International Film Festival for EAVE on Demand Brussels | TorinoFilmLab, Green Film, Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Trentino Film Commission for the Green Film Labs | QCinema, Quezon City Film Development Commission, Quezon City and Quezon City District 1 for EAVE on Demand in the Philippines | MEDIA Desk Creative Europe Montenegro and Film Center of Montenegro for EAVE on Demand in Montenegro | International Sámi Film Institute and Netflix for the Sami Producers Lab | The Royal Film Commission Jordan – RFC for the Arab Producers Lab

We wish you a HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

Thanks to our partners, consultants, experts, pedagogical team, and all the members of the EAVE community for their precious support!

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